Subject: Re: SCOTUS Gay Marriage
Thanks for the link. Seems a pretty simple question.

Section 1, 14th Amendment:

Section 1.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/co...

Granting, or denying, a marriage license, based on who a person wants to marry, violates the equal protection clause. If the government official refuses, on personal "free exercise" grounds, the government needs to provide an alternative, so as to not violate the couple's "equal protection" rights.

Steve